Sample Script: Creating an Empty vApp with vCloud PowerCLI
Hi Everyone, The New-CIVApp cmdlet does not allow us to create empty vApps (which can be useful when templating out network configurations, for example). This shortcoming can be overcome by calling the...
View ArticleHow to change Storage Profile of VM in vAppTemplate?
Hi everyone, I've got a project in front of me to migrate existing VMs from an existing storage profile or the * profile to a newly created storage profile. I've determined how to get this done for...
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Import template/VM to vCloud Director catalog with PowerCLI
This is a 2 part question: Part 1: I have about 24 virtual machines/templates in VC and would like to automate the import of these into the vCD catalog instead of doing it though the gui. I don't need...
View ArticleAdd a VM to a vApp using PowerShell
Hello, I am trying to add a VM to a vApp using PowerShell. I know that there is no explicit cmdlet to do it, and I need to recompose the vApp. I've used the great Instantiation script from...
View ArticleSnapshots with vCloud Director 5.1 & PowerCLI 5.1
(cross-post from vCloud forum) Now that vCloud Director 5.1 supports snapshots, I am looking at the PowerCLI 5.1 cmdlets and cannot find a way to create/manage/revert snapshots. I see it is there in...
View Articlepowercli 64-bit throws System.OutOfMemoryException
Hi, I am trying to import a multi-vm vApp template in to vCloud Director 1.5 using the import-civapptemplate commandlet. The command fails almost immediately. Any ideas on how to get around this?...
View ArticleVdcStorageProfiles missing in Orgvdc object (version5.1)
Hi,I'm trying to create organisation VDC's in vCloud 5.1.New to version 5.1 is the use of storage profiles in the provider VDC.I cannot create an Org VDC with storage profiles since this property does...
View ArticleDeleting CIVM from a CIvApp
Hi, I would like to remove a specific CIVM from a CIvApp. The CIvApp is stopped and powered off. The following bit of code works but performance is inconsistent. Sometimes it takes a few seconds,...
View ArticlevCD - Get VM quantity of each Organization
Hi all,I need to export a nice, simple report, with two columns:Organization Name | Number of VMs I need all the VMs in each Org (both running and not running). I know there's a function getting this...
View ArticleImport and Export of vApp
Hi All, Is it possible to export vApp using PowerCLI? We have DR requirement which stats - All vApp created in DC-A should be available in DC-B.As long as place holder vApp's are available we always...
View ArticlevCloud Director sVmotion over Powercli
I've created a Script to move VM's over the vCloud Director API to an other Datastore in the same PvDC. (Datastore with the lowest UsedSpace) Here the most important parts:$civm = get-civm...
View ArticleGet-ProviderVdc returns Null values for StorageUsedGB StorageAllocatedGB and...
Has anyone else seen this? The Get-OrgVdc does return Storage information but I want to collect it from the Provider VDC PowerCLI C:\Scripts\vmware> Get-ProviderVdc moc-vmcl1101-pvdc Name...
View Articleget-civm command piped to get-civapp | owner
Basically I've been researching to see how I might pull some reporting data from VCD. I ran across several sites that provide exactly what I am needing, but the problem is they all use the get-civm...
View ArticleCreate vDC Storage Profile Help
I am kind of new to all of this, but I wanted to put together a simple script that would automate my team's administration of vCD. Specifically org and org vDC creation, etc. I pieced together this...
View ArticlevCloud Director change organization limits
Hi, I have been able to find most organization settings, but cannot find where to set these using PowerCLI: Number of resource intensive operations per userNumber of resource intensive operations per...
View Articlemissing PowerCLI cmdlets for external network settings in vCD 5.1?
I have 59 external networks defined in my Provider VDC and over a hundred directly connected OrgVDC networks mapping back to those. I need to update the DNS records for the static IP pools associated...
View ArticlePowerCLI/API for update storage profile in vDC
Hi,I found how to add or remove storage profile via vcloud API (VMware vCloud Director Documentation Center), but does anyone know how to do update (change size or disable) storage profile via API or...
View ArticleRemove Storage Profile from vDC
Hello, How to remove storage profile from Organization vDC in vCloud Director 5.1. To be exact, I want to remove *(Any) profile from all my vdcs. I know how to create it and how to enable / disable it,...
View ArticleUsing Connect-CIServer in a Start-Job
Has anyone been able to complete something like this? This works perfectly in a plain PoSh window but running in a Start-Job it never gets past the connect-ciserver. The job shows running and...
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